All in all it weighs just 149 grams.
Over seven weeks that’s an average of around 20 grams per week.

Now either we’re getting very good at this or maybe a few things have ended up on the fire by mistake. I’m going to put the landfill box next to the fireplace just in case things are sneaking in there and we’ll see what we get next week.

If it’s not much heavier next week then I think it’s celebrations all around – don’t you?!

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I am a long time supporter of the Green and Sustainable lifestyle. After being caught in the Boscastle floods in 2004, our family begun a journey to respect and promote the importance of Earth's fragile ecosystem, that focussed on reducing waste. Inspired by the beauty and resourcefulness of this wonderful planet, I have published numerous magazine articles on green issues and the author of four books.

Comments (5)

20g per week is a great achievement for the family. The lifestyle change is dramatic. When you remember cramming all the waste into a binbag and the squeezing of more rubbish into an ever-tighter fit, why live with the hassle? I even melted the plastic packs to flatten them. Crazy stuff!

Nowadays squeezing the small amounts of plastic into small packets, if I can find one, is the nearest to the old way. Life is so much better with Zero Waste. The trend is far from complete but things are improving with time.

Well Done the Greens, 20g per week is mightily impressive.
My second posting is about the amount of rubbish that has gone into my black bin over the last week; a mere 1 bag. However, I have a sneeky suspicion it weighed a bit more than yours.

The only thing barring plastic rapping/packinging that normally goes in my rubbish is left over food stuff. But again I believe there is now a reycling bin that can even help with that. You dig it in the ground and you can put protein, bread and cooked foods into it. Maybe something to consider in the future.